North Korea only has 28 websites, according to leak of official data

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

North Korea only has 28 websites, according to leak of official data

Apparent error by a regime tech worker gave the world
a rare glimpse into the few online sources of information
available

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wednesday 21 September 2016 09.29 BST

The internet is awash with news and comment about North Korea, from its nuclear tests to speculation about the health of its leader, Kim Jong-un. But its own contribution to the world wide web is tiny, according to a leak that revealed the country has just 28 registered domains.

The revelation came after one of North Korea’s top-level nameservers was incorrectly configured to reveal a list of all the domain names under the domain .kp.

Many of the sites belonged to official bodies such as the committee for cultural relations and the maritime agency, as well as official state news organisations the Pyongyang Broadcasting Service and Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling Workers’ party.

Recent Rodong Sinmun headlines include “Kim Jong-un sends birthday spreads to veteran scholars”, and “Narcotic-related crimes increase among South Korean youngsters”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/21/north-korea-only-28-websites-leak-official-data

[tonyt53]

1. Most are websites that sell pajamas - the national clothing of NK.

[Kablooie]

2. Here is a description of the leaked websites:

http://www.northkoreatech.org/the-north-korean-website-list/

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http://airkoryo.com.kp - Air Koryo. A flight ticket website.

http://cooks.org.kp - Korean Dishes. Culinary website with recipes.

http://friend.com.kp - Friend. A website for making friends?

http://gnu.rep.kp - National Unity. A sort of religious group or well-being group.

http://kass.org.kp - Korean Association of Social Scientists. Not sure, but I think it's an education website for both school and adult education courses maybe.

http://kcna.kp - Korean Central News Agency. Yet another news website.

http://kiyctc.com.kp - Korean International Youth and Children's Travel Company. I guess a travel company of both youth and children.

http://knic.com.kp - Korean People Total Insurance Company. Insurance company.

http://koredufund.org.kp - Korea Education Fund. Appears to be a charity to increase the quality of education.

http://korelcfund.org.kp - Korea Elderly Care Fund. A charity for the elderly.

http://korfilm.com.kp - KorFilms - Pyongang International Film Festival. The film website.

http://ma.gov.kp - Maritime Administration of Korea. Laws of the water can be found here.

http://masikryong.com.kp - currently can't access

http://naenara.com.kp - Naenara. - This is actually the "official" government site in the sense of a description of the country. It has plenty of news articles but it contains a decent amount of (tourist oriented?) information about the country (thanks /u/tinoh124 for the correction).

http://nta.gov.kp - Korea Tourism. The Korean Tourism board, looks like you can get tours from here.

http://portal.net.kp - currently can't access

http://rcc.net.kp - currently can't access

http://rep.kp - currently can't access

http://rodong.rep.kp - Rodong. Official news website. Click here to view the Rodong website in the user-friendly Western version, thanks again to /u/tinoh124 for this.

http://ryongnamsan.edu.kp - Kim Il Sung University. - The university's website.

http://sdprk.org.kp - Sports Chosun. - The sports website.

http://silibank.net.kp - currently can't access

http://star-co.net.kp - currently can't access

http://star-di.net.kp - currently can't access

http://star.co.kp - currently can't access

http://star.edu.kp - currently can't access

http://star.net.kp - currently can't access

http://vok.rep.kp - Voice Of Korea. A news website.

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